Mills urges security personnel to vote for "a better Ghana"

Accra, Dec. 1, GNA - The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Candidate (NDC) on Monday urged security personnel, who are part of early voters on Tuesday, to vote to build a better Ghana. "As one-time Chairman of the Police Council and Armed Forces Council, I know that the security services are made of competent men and women who are prepared to give of their best; what they need, is a government that will provide them with the adequate resources, training, logistics and motivation," he said in a statement in Accra on Monday. "I promise that as President, the needs of the security agencies will be one of my main priorities," he said.

"The era of personnel of certain security agencies purchasing their own uniforms and boots will be a thing of the past. It is my conviction that the needs of the security agencies go beyond the rhetoric of increasing numbers," Prof. Mills added.

He stressed that there had to be a qualitative improvement in the logistics available to the security agencies for the proper and efficient discharge of your responsibilities of maintaining law and order as well as protecting the sovereignty of the nation.

"I am very much aware of the extent to which the hitherto solid image of the security agencies has been destroyed and pledge that the morale of the, Military, Police, Prisons, Fire Service, Immigration, and Customs, will once again fly high during my tenure as President." Prof. Atta Mills said his commitment would be to increase the basic salary levels, hike the peacekeeping allowances, as well as put in place welfare packages that will significantly boost the drive of personnel. He congratulated the security services for the hard work and sacrifices they had been making in the face of the daunting challenges saying "in a few days time, when the process of building a Better Ghana starts, you will be a key pivot around which the Better Ghana process will revolve".